repower america. i hope our senators are listening. >>> firefighters are battling a fast-moving wildfire that's threatening some 250 homes near santa cruz, california. 600 have been forced to evacuate and authorities say high winds have tripled the size of the fire in just a few hours. let's go to our meteorologist chad myers, who's watching this. how bad is it, chad? >> you know what, it's just growing now because the firefighters are having a very hard time getting into this difficult the terrain just south of san francisco. there's san jose. i'll make this a lot bigger for you. this is monterey bay here, and this is the fire. in fact, satellite can pick up hotspots on the earth, and that's what this satellite right here is seeing. so, what kind of conditions are we seeing basically at this point? the winds are still gusting. they were gusting yesterday afternoon. they died off last night. they were good this morning, like five miles per hour. but now they are coming back. so, there you go. that's 1